Stories include, 'Labor gift reveals threat to Government', 'Details still vague in collar bomb case', 'Letter points smoking gun at News of the World editor', 'Jacobson calls for less verbal violence over riots', 'Qantas faces war over restructure', 'Shoe found in hunt for Daniel Morcombe'.

How A Small Protest In Australia Has Had Major Repercussions In Africa
When members of the Ethiopian community found out high ranking officials were visiting Australia they staged a demonstration. Now Human Rights Watch says some of their relatives back home have been arrested.
Interview: Michael Vincent, North America Correspondent
As Americans celebrate and commiserate Donald Trump's shock presidential win, North America correspondent Michael Vincent tells Lateline, from outside Trump headquarters in New York, that too many questions remain unanswered about how he will govern a divided US.
The Midtown Area Of Manhattan Was The Place To Be On Election Night In New York
Guest reporter Charlie Pickering watched the results come through with local New Yorkers in the city's clubs and pubs. By the end of the night, he saw Hillary Clinton supporters crying into their champagne glasses and Donald Trump supporters looking for love.
Interview: Michael Duffy, Editorial Director And Deputy Managing Editor, Time Magazine
Michael Duffy says because the Republicans have retained control of the US Congress, many of Donald Trump's threats are likely to take place.
Australian Reaction To The US Presidential Election
Donald Trump fans down under started the day with low expectations but ended on a high.

Stories include: 'Interview: Charlotte civil rights leader Corine Mack', 'Maintaining the rage and keeping the peace in divided Charlotte', 'Interview: Shen Narayanasamy on The Great Immigration Con'
INTERVIEW: CHARLOTTE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER CORINE MACK
Reverend Corine Mack, the president of the Charlotte chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, joins Lateline to discuss the fragile system in Charlotte.
MAINTAINING THE RAGE AND KEEPING THE PEACE IN DIVIDED CHARLOTTE
Lateline visits the US city of Charlotte, where police and members of the African American community are divided in the wake of several shootings of black men.
INTERVIEW: SHEN NARAYANASAMY ON THE GREAT IMMIGRATION CON
Shen Narayanasamy is the founder of No Business in Abuse, the campaign against investment in companies involved with Australia's offshore detention centres. She joins Lateline following her speech at the Wheeler Centre titled, the Great Immigration Con.

Fatal Distraction
Could this device stop you looking at your phone while driving? New technology out of Canberra will alert drivers when they are distracted and even stop their car. The Fovio system has been developed by a company called Seeing Machines and enables cars to monitor drivers and prevent accidents caused by distraction.
Veiled Threat
The moment a Muslim woman is threatened for wearing a burkini on a beach. Muslim women will find themselves at the centre of a swim suit battle this summer as unrest continues over the Aussie-designed 'burkini'. It is called the Burkini, a top-to-toe swimming outfit designed for Muslim women in Australia by an Australian designer. But it has become the flash point for an ideological battle between Muslims and non-Muslims in France where women are being fined and removed from beaches for wearing them.
The Boss
'You're picked on, beat up, cast out'. 'The Boss' has opened up about life before he was an acclaimed musician. "I think when I was young, I wanted to be like the Rolling Stones, I wanted to be like the Beatles or Dylan or Elvis," Springsteen said in his interview with Sunday Night. "I wanted to rock really hard, I wanted to make people excited and thrilled and happy and those were my goals." But he had a long way to go when he met guitarist Steve Van Zandt in the 1960s, who is still one of his closest friends and band mates.

Stories include, 'Tony Abbott acts to try and restore discipline within his ministry', 'Huffington Post Australian edition launches one day early' and 'Interview: Arriana Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post'.

Stories include, 'The party is over', 'O'Farrell to leave politics', 'The axe falls at Aunty', 'Iran's nuclear deadline likely to be extended', 'Kurdish fighters with Iraqi army and Shi'ite milita make gains', 'UK government bans insurance companies paying out on ransom payment', 'Craft brewers take case to WTO', '25 million dollars for Bonsoy payout' and 'Beware of crocodiles'.

Stories include, 'Abbott prepared to "shirtfront" Putin', 'Intelligence sharing allowed concealing of sexual abuse', 'Turkey allows use of its facilities', 'Curriculum should be simplified', 'Schools need to get back to basics', 'Nurse catches Ebola' and 'Canberra cats may have to stay indoors'.

Wanted: Antarctic workers - positions available, apply within. Would you apply? Each year, over 2000 people apply for jobs in Antarctica, few are successful. So what are the physical and psychological attributes required to work in the most remote location on Earth? Plus, a weedy looking African plant used to make tea drunk by African women to aid childbirth, is the inspiration behind research that may lead to the development of ingestible, protein- based drugs.

The astonishing exclusive story of a woman who lost everything after following her heart and is facing years in jail for it. Then, the extraordinary never-before-told full story of music and television legend, Ian 'Molly' Meldrum.

Two and a half years ago, Dana Vulin suffered third-degree burns to her face and body when a jealous woman broke into her home, doused her with methylated spirits, setting her on fire. Dana has since worn a pressure suit and mask to relieve the pain but vowed that one day she would remove it. Tonight, she does just that and Sunday Night is there to witness the incredibly emotional transformation. Then, we chat with rising Aussie supermodel Robyn Lawley at her Marie Claire photo shoot in the island of Mykonos.

Imagine the most lawless roads on earth - filled with the worst drivers imaginable. In Russia, 30,000 people die in accidents each year. Add in a culture of bribery and corruption amongst traffic police, it's a recipe for disaster. Denham Hitchcock takes to the roads in Moscow to experience first-hand what it's really like and discovers what motorists are doing to protect themselves. Then, Chris Bath sits down with the controversial entertainer, Miley Cyrus. Plus, the Sydney mum who is living a double life. Samantha 'X' is a successful career professional with a public profile but at night, she also runs an escort service.

Dr Jane Goodall entered the forests of Tanzania as a girl with a dream. Twenty years later she left a woman with a mission; Can science help the dead speak? We 'unwrap' a mummy to unveil secrets hidden for thousands of years.

Stories include: 'Interview: David Lipson, Political Correspondent', 'The dating site with a difference, matching generous jetsetters with travel companions', 'Interview: Chris Mitchell, former editor-in-chief, The Australian', 'Interview: David Lipson, Political Correspondent'
INTERVIEW: DAVID LIPSON, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Emma Alberici speaks with David Lipson as Federal Cabinet discusses the mechanics of a Plebiscite on same sex marriage to be held early in 2017.
THE DATING SITE WITH A DIFFERENCE, MATCHING GENEROUS JETSETTERS WITH TRAVEL COMPANIONS
Lateline spends time with two women who joined a new site which continues to blur the line of the dating etiquette.
INTERVIEW: CHRIS MITCHELL, FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, THE AUSTRALIAN
Emma Alberici speaks with Chris Mitchell who will this week release his memoir called 'Making Headlines' which documents the often interdependent relationships between newspaper editors and politicians.
INTERVIEW: DAVID LIPSON, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Emma Alberici speaks with David Lipson on breaking news that Federal Cabinet has signed off on the mechanics of a Plebiscite on same sex marriage to be held early in 2017.

The story, 'When a man becomes a woman', an Australian multi-millionaire heading a financial company with thousands of clients has gone public with a gender transition from male to female in an emotional journey documented by Sunday Night. The story, 'A soldier and the sea', surf therapy is being used to help mend broken soldiers returning from war zones with crippling PTSD as well as children suffering conditions like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.

Stories include: 'South Australia's power crisis will be front and centre when State and Territory Energy Ministers converge in Canberra', 'The shocking revelations of alleged physical and mental abuse from within a Queensland youth detention centre', 'Interview: Professor Kerry Carrington, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology'
SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S POWER CRISIS WILL BE FRONT AND CENTRE WHEN STATE AND TERRITORY ENERGY MINISTERS CONVERGE IN CANBERRA
As the renewable energy sector continues to grow, the Federal Government is seeking urgent solutions to ensure other states aren't hit by the same problems as South Australia.
THE SHOCKING REVELATIONS OF ALLEGED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABUSE FROM WITHIN A QUEENSLAND YOUTH DETENTION CENTRE
A former inmate tells of frequent bashings and racial abuse at the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Queensland - a Lateline special report.
INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR KERRY CARRINGTON, SCHOOL OF JUSTICE, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Matt Wordsworth speaks with Kerry Carrington, who has been studying youth justice in Queensland for many years and says the disproportionate number of Indigenous children in detention is at 'alarming levels'.

Danni Minogue joins X Factor winner Dami Im on her journey to North Korea to find family she has never met. Then, Denham Hitchcock investigates UFC - the fastest growing sport on the planet and the serious concerns about what it's doing to our kids.

Marianne is just 24 and her life depends on getting one of very few multiple-organ transplants to be performed in Australia; Motorcycle racer Mick Doohan has never divulged how close he came to death. Until now; Megan Gale has done a pregnant nude magazine cover, Demi style and; Sunday night celebrates 40 years, to the day, since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest and became a music icon.

Michelle Knight's ordeal is impossible to comprehend - more than a decade of torture, rape and captivity by the hands of Ariel Castro. One year since her miraculous rescue, she tells us about the monstrous mind of Castro, her former prison and how she is moving on. We have an exclusive interview with popular band Coldplay where they reveal footage of the first performance from their new album and set the record straight on the brutally raw lyrics. Then, we meet an Aussie dad who has saved countless lives by building the largest planned refugee camp in history to house the daily flood of Syrians crossing the border to Jordan. Hosted by Chris Bath.

Sunday Night meets a 26-year-old sexually assaulted by an air steward on Malaysia Airlines; Alex Cullen talks to Cyril, the 70 year-old grandfather and Bondi Lifesaver who has become the oldest person ever to swim the English Channel and we meet the new ladies of horse racing where the Sport of Kings is on the verge of reinvention.

In 1999, bank robber John Killick's mistress took an idea from a movie and hijacked a chopper at gunpoint. She then forced the pilot to land in the yard of Silverwater jail to fly her lover to freedom. But some details of this escape have never been revealed and tonight, Mike Willesee speaks with Killick himself. Then, Rahni Sadler sits with Hollywood heavyweight, Morgan Freeman in a witty, honest and humble interview. And the follow-up to our story about Australia's first bionic dad.

The story, 'Victims of 'Revenge Porn' fight back', looks into the trend known as 'revenge porn', which refers to photos being distributed by someone they were sent to without permission and it, led to an even more frightening development. The story, 'Fourth set of twins for NZ family', a New Zealand family has just welcomed its fourth set of naturally conceived twins. The story, 'Tim Cahill: 'In China they sing my name', Australia has had a rare look inside the Chinese Super League where former Aussie football star Tim Cahill has taken Shanghai by storm.

The story, 'Keeping "The King" alive', Priscilla Presley, speaks out about Elvis's incredible career. The story, 'A new face for Yahya', meets a Moroccan boy who was born without eyes, a nose, or a fully formed mouth has undergone marathon surgery to give him a new face.

The story, 'Schapelle's story', details Schapelle Corby's first moments of freedom after spending nine years behind bars in Kerobekan jail. The story, 'The last straw', reporter Alex Cullen shares his experience reporting on an issue that sits very close to home, drought devastation affecting Australia farmers. The story, 'Guess who's coming to dinner', in a national fund raising event, My Kitchen Rules judge Colin Fassnidge wants auction himself off to cook for you and nine friends or colleagues to raise funds for Aussie Helpers.

The story, 'Was the hitman the hostie?', a special investigation on the trail of the killers of a young South African mother who disappeared in Johannesburg in 1999. The story, 'Hip - op hooray', follows the world's oldest dance group for one wild trip to the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas. The story, 'Muppets', an Australian-exclusive sneak peek behind the scenes of the family comedy the Muppets, including an interview with star Ricky Gervais.

The story, 'Part two: Simon Gittan's secret life', features the second part of Sunday Night's exclusive investigation into the death of Lisa Harnum, and the secret life of Simon Gittany. The story, 'Dead set legend', a teenage tear away, Mark Donaldson's life changed forever following the tragic disappearance of his beloved mum when he was 19. Now, he's an Australian hero, becoming the first person awarded the Victoria Cross medal for Australia for his bravery serving the armed forces.

This week concludes the two-part story of Englishwoman Rosie Ayliffe, whose 20-year-old daughter was murdered last year in a Queensland backpacker hostel. Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed to death as was fellow British backpacker Tom Jackson, who heroically came to Mia's aid. Shortly after Mia's death Rosie Ayliffe became aware of widespread sexual and financial exploitation of workers involved in the 88-day farm-work scheme that Mia and Tom had embarked upon. Both Mia and Tom were involved in the scheme to secure a second year in Australia on their 417 visas. Rosie does not want her daughter's death to be in vain so she is on a mission to protect the lives of other young travellers she feels are in danger. In this week's episode she travels to Australia to find out more about the 88-day farm-work scheme, hearing first-hand accounts of the kinds of exploitation she is determined to stamp out. She also makes an emotional return to the place where her daughter died.

What The Landscape Could Look Like Under Changes To Media Ownership Laws
The government is closing in on securing the vital votes it needs to get changes to Australia's media laws through parliament. Matt Wordsworth looks at the major changes we are expecting.
Interview: Michelle Rowland, Shadow Communications Minister
Emma Alberici speaks to Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland about the debate over media reform in parliament.
Restaurateurs Fear Changes To 457 Visa Program Will Hurt Food Industry
Some of Australia's top chefs and restaurant owners are warning their businesses are being put at risk due to a skills shortage in hospitality that is being exacerbated by the government's changes to the 457 visa program. Emily Stewart reports.
Interview: Valerie Jarrett, Former Presidential Adviser
Emma Alberici speaks to Barack Obama's longest-serving senior adviser Valerie Jarrett about the escalating tensions between the US and North Korea, and how Mr Obama is adjusting to life outside the White House.

Eye Spy
They're ordinary people with extraordinary powers - they never forget a face. Now, super recognisers are being used to fight crime. In this report, Steve Pennells puts Australia's top super recognisers to the test.
All Of Me
In many ways, Jessica Mayer is a normal, happy 25-year-old woman. But Jess shares her life with four other people, her 'alters', who live inside her mind and body. Melissa Doyle travelled to Wales to meet them all.

Interview: Warren Entsch, Liberal National MP
Emma Alberici speaks to MP Warren Entsch about an upcoming meeting of Liberal MPs to address divisions in the party on whether and how to legalise same-sex marriage.
Former High Court Judge Calls For Australian Courts To Move Online
About half the world's population is connected to the internet, so it's hardly surprising that the justice system is starting to go digital. An online court has been created in Canada, and now former Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby has joined calls for Australia's judicial system to move online. John Stewart reports.
Interview: Ben Kamisar, US Political Reporter
Emma Alberici speaks to writer for the US political website, The Hill, Ben Kamisar about the Trump administration's unveiling of a new immigration plan based in part on the Australian system and the passing of legislation that places new sanctions on Russia.

Confusion After Trump Transgender Ban
Officials in Washington are scrambling to catch up with US President Donald Trump's latest policy turn. In a surprise move, the president has announced transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military. The development comes in the middle of another chaotic week at the White House. Michael Vincent reports.
Interview: Michael Warren, The Weekly Standard
Jeremy Fernandez speaks to senior writer at The Weekly Standard, Michael Warren, about the US president's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military, as well as the other troubles Donald Trump is facing, including his attempts to overturn Obamacare, and his continued undermining of his own attorney-general.
Interview: Tom Iggulden, Political Correspondent
Jeremy Fernandez speaks to political correspondent Tom Iggulden about claims One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts holds dual citizenship.
University Opens Doors To Skateboarding Scholars
Skateboarding is increasingly being recognised as a professional sport and will be an official event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Now one Australian university has awarded skateboarding scholarships to two of Australia's best young prospects for the games. One of them is 20-year-old Mikey Mendoza. Naomi Selvaratnam produced this report.

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari was a rising star in the halls of Parliament House, until a political donations scandal brought him undone last year. The colourful 34-year-old senator came to Australia as a four-year-old, having fled the religious regime in Iran with his sister and parents. He was a gifted student and joined the Labor Party at just 16, enjoying a meteoric rise through the party all the way to the shadow ministry. But when news broke that he had asked a business with links to the Chinese government to pay an office travel bill, the senator became embroiled in a deepening scandal which cost him his spot on the opposition frontbench. Sam Dastyari talks exclusively to Australian Story, answering lingering questions about his conduct.

The Whole Story
You may think you know all there is to know about Australia's queen of television, but for the first time, Kerri-Anne Kennerley is opening about her dark past.
Food For Thought
Maggie Beer is one of the country's most adored and respected cooks - and now there's another reason to love her. She's just released a new cookbook full of recipes to help prevent Alzheimer's.

The story, 'Exclusive: Michael J. Fox', details new research driven by Michael J. Fox and Sydney Parkinson's sufferer Clyde Campbell and it’s looking like the best hope for better treatment and eventually, a cure. The story, 'Kings of Kongo', enters the danger zone and finds that all hope is not lost in saving Africa's Mountain Gorillas. The story, 'Hello possums', joins three iconic Australians. Barry Humphries will farewell Aussie icons Dame Edna and Sir Les Patterson in a finale tour around the country this June.

The story, 'Made to order babies', details one of the strangest and most complex routes to parenthood imaginable, and more and more childless Australian couples are using it to dodge surrogacy laws here. The story, 'Burning man', looks at an annual art event described as a temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance. The story, 'Bachelor boy', features an interview with Sir Cliff Richard.

Chatline: Your Week In Review
Now it's time to hear what you had to say about some of Lateline's stories and interviews this week. Presented by Jamie Cummins.
Public Art Panel: John McDonald And Jess Scully
David Lipson speaks to Sydney Morning Herald art critic John McDonald and City of Sydney councillor Jess Scully about revised plans to build the controversial Cloud Arch in Sydney's CBD valued at more than $11 million.
Late Debate: Craig Kelly And Peter Khalil
David Lipson speaks to Sydney Liberal MP Craig Kelly and Labor MP Peter Khalil about the week in politics, including the ongoing citizenship saga and recent poll results on attitudes to the burqa.

Interview: Matt Wordsworth, Political Correspondent
Emma Alberici speaks to political correspondent Matt Wordsworth about the ongoing citizenship saga engulfing Parliament and Australia's response to the escalating tensions between North Korea and the US.
Interview: Jonathon Hunyor, Lawyer
Emma Alberici speaks to Jonathon Hunyor, the lawyer representing Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie and same-sex marriage advocates in the upcoming High Court challenge to the government's postal survey on the issue.
Katter And Albanese Take Bromance To Bush On Renewable Energy 'Power Trip'
They're one of federal Parliament's odd couples - the Akubra-wearing Queensland MP Bob Katter and inner-west Sydney Labor stalwart Anthony Albanese. The two mates took a trip into Katter's home territory to look at renewable energy projects, which have the potential to change the face of electricity generation in northern Australia. National rural and regional correspondent Dominique Schwartz went along for the ride.

Labor Predicted To Form Majority Government After Queensland Election
The federal government is absorbing the impact of the election result in Queensland, where there was an 8 percent swing against the Liberal National Party. Labor is likely to form a majority government. Political correspondent Matt Wordsworth reports.
Canavan: Royal Commission On Banking 'Not The Answer'
Under sustained pressure from the Nationals, the federal government looks increasingly likely to drop its opposition to a banking royal commission. Barnaby Joyce has told the Guardian his party is "only too willing" to discuss the issue. Emma Alberici spoke with Queensland LNP senator and minister for resources and northern Australia, Matt Canavan.
Is This Israel's 'Most Hated' Man?
Author and commentator Gideon Levy has been called both "the most hated man in Israel" and "the most heroic". While he describes himself as a "patriotic Israeli", he's highly critical of what he calls his country's "moral blindness" to its acts of war and occupation. Emma Alberici spoke to Gideon Levy ahead of his talk at the University of Sydney this week.

The story, 'Bon Jovi', features a deeply personal interview with Bon Jovi as he reveals his shock after his daughter's heroin overdose last year, and explains how the incident rocked his family. The story, 'The secret Bulger tapes', investigates secret tapes that were not played at the trial into the murder of 10 year old James Bulger. The story, 'The face doctor', spaks with Dr Anthony Lynham, a jaw and face reconstructive surgeon fronting a campaign to make politicians toughen up and back his calls to end the violence on the streets.